Not your average call on a Wednesday morning;
Caller: Hello is that Revd Burnside?
Me: Yes, how can I help?
C: I'm calling from the BBC Pronunciation Department, your bells are featuring on Bells on Sunday this week and the presenter would like to confirm how to pronounce the name of the method.
Me: Oh, you mean St Aelred of Rievaulx?
C: Yes, thank you very much...
Apparently they had already called the Town Council to find out how to pronounce Helmsley (and were advised that their spelling of it could use some work too). The trail gets a plug too!
Thanks to Mike Pickup and his team of ringers on the day, they have managed to gain a prized spot on the programme. You can listen here.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0025349
Here's what it says: "Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints church Helmsley, in North Yorkshire. Situated in Ryedale there has been a church in Helmsley since before the Norman conquest and the churchyard was used as a market place in Anglo-Saxon times. The tower houses a ring of eight bells all cast by the John Taylor foundry of Loughborough. The Tenor bell weighs fifteen quarter hundredweight and is tuned to F sharp. We hear them ringing St Aelred of Rievaulx Little Place Triples. This method is named after the recently opened 41 mile Pilgrim Trail that links the twelve churches in the Benefice of Helmsley and Upper Ryedale with Rievaulx Abbey."
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